NMSU Rips Off UTEP at Concessions
There was a lightning delay a few minutes after kick off at New Mexico State on Saturday that lead to a 3 hour delay. In the mean time, UTEP's players got hungry. Without any food in the locker room, they had to order food from the concession stand:
We went to the concession stand to buy turkey legs and sloppy joes for the whole team," Price said. "Eighty turkey legs, 60 sloppy joes, they are 4 or 5 dollars apiece and the Aggies gave us zero discount. Cash only. It was a scene I'd never saw before. "Then 10 minutes, boom, we're ready to go. We looked like barbarians, waving turkey bones in our hands. We missed a couple of tackles because of the grease on our hands. "But the players did a great job handling the delay.That's absolutely ridiculous. I want to know what coach had enough cash on him to pay for that. I'd hope Michigan would be better than that (unless it was maybe ND or OSU). (HT: DocSaturday)
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 PM ^
I wouldn't count on it. Our visitors locker room doesn't have hot water, let alone would we serve them food. Everything is in place to make the Big House an intimidating place to play.
While it would be the "nice" thing to do, and I'm sure we wouldn't mind feeding them if the circumstances existed without competition, there is no way we serve food to another team during a game.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:09 PM ^
Food available in Michigan Visitor's locker room?
A nice steaming pot of gruel.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 PM ^
That looks like a variety of things, none of them being good.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:24 PM ^
Theres some class for ya.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 PM ^
With Mike Price as the UTEP coach does this mean that the players ordered every item on the menu and requested each in a to go box?
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 PM ^
A Tradition is Born???
This is the type of story that is frequently behind "trophy" games in the Big 10. e.g. The Little Brown Jug.
Those teams will play in the future in a game known as the battle for the "Greasy Turkey Leg" - and/or Sloppy Joe.
Real dicks at NMSU
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 PM ^
im sure there was an atm somewhere, for a coach to get the cash $$
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 PM ^
Isn't NMSU the program that cut its budget so much that they cut out game food for their players and had to have the parents chip in with orange slices and whatnot like peewee soccer?
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 PM ^
Indeed it is.
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:35 PM ^
I would have sent the visiting team a massive pile of the greasiest, fattest, tastiest stuff that could be found, on the house. You ever try to do anything physical after a meal like that?